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We will have to start studying people's eyes to see if they are moving as if reading text.

ThrowawayR2 3y ago
I predict that that will be followed shortly by a mysterious sharp increase in applicants claiming to have nystagmus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus), which causes random involuntary eye movements, but without any medical documentation.
- Volundr 3y ago
  What's interesting is this wouldn't necessarily imply cheating. That doesn't sound like an issue I'd necessarily draw attention to under normal circumstances, but if I knew interviewers were likely to be paying close attention to my eye movements I certainly would.
  - ThrowawayR2 3y ago
    Yes, exactly. I have nystagmus myself because of an underlying medical condition that causes other vision problems and it's depressing that interviewers might think it's reason for suspicion.
    - bitzun 3y ago
      I've been a pain in the ass in quite a few feedback sessions when people brought up a candidate not making "enough" eye contact. Usually I mention that they could be treading into infringing on a protected class and they shut up.
Fetiorin 3y ago
There is already an app from Nvidia that simulates constant eye contact with the camera
- wellthisisgreat 3y ago
  It’s really uncanny - it give you an intense, unblinking stare
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
  Fantastic, now my social anxiety will cripple me in video chats too.
- dghlsakjg 3y ago
  Apple ha it built in to iPhones now too. Center Stage is the name of the feature, but I think it is only available on FaceTime calls
  - klausa 3y ago
    That's not what Center Stage is. Center Stage is a feature where a device uses an ultra-wide camera, and then is supposed to track your _face_ as you move and shift around it it's field of view. I find it most useful for FaceTime calls on Apple TV, where you can leave your phone near the TV, and it will automatically frame you sitting on the couch and will follow you as you shift around, etc. There is a similar feature to what you're describing for FaceTime, but I don't think it has any cutesy name.
    - dghlsakjg 3y ago
      You’re right, center stage is not the name of the feature. The feature does exist though, I believe it is called Eye Contact. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/25/how-to-use-facetime-eye-contact-in-ios-14 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/25/how-to-use-faceti...
- throwaway2037 3y ago
  I heard a rumor that Apple FaceTime does something similar, but I could not find any definitive evidence of it. Does anyone know more about it?
jurynulifcation 3y ago
why wouldn't a cheater just pipe a generative audio model through a small earbud? like that one villain from season 3 of westworld
dylan604 3y ago
Just shrink the width of the text area being read from. It's really easy to not look like you are sitting in the front row of the theater reading the opening text in Star Wars. If an actor on live TV can do it, you can too

I predict that that will be followed shortly by a mysterious sharp increase in applicants claiming to have nystagmus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus), which causes random involuntary eye movements, but without any medical documentation.

Volundr 3y ago
What's interesting is this wouldn't necessarily imply cheating. That doesn't sound like an issue I'd necessarily draw attention to under normal circumstances, but if I knew interviewers were likely to be paying close attention to my eye movements I certainly would.
- ThrowawayR2 3y ago
  Yes, exactly. I have nystagmus myself because of an underlying medical condition that causes other vision problems and it's depressing that interviewers might think it's reason for suspicion.
  - bitzun 3y ago
    I've been a pain in the ass in quite a few feedback sessions when people brought up a candidate not making "enough" eye contact. Usually I mention that they could be treading into infringing on a protected class and they shut up.

Fetiorin 3y ago

There is already an app from Nvidia that simulates constant eye contact with the camera

wellthisisgreat 3y ago
It’s really uncanny - it give you an intense, unblinking stare
mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
Fantastic, now my social anxiety will cripple me in video chats too.
dghlsakjg 3y ago
Apple ha it built in to iPhones now too. Center Stage is the name of the feature, but I think it is only available on FaceTime calls
- klausa 3y ago
  That's not what Center Stage is. Center Stage is a feature where a device uses an ultra-wide camera, and then is supposed to track your _face_ as you move and shift around it it's field of view. I find it most useful for FaceTime calls on Apple TV, where you can leave your phone near the TV, and it will automatically frame you sitting on the couch and will follow you as you shift around, etc. There is a similar feature to what you're describing for FaceTime, but I don't think it has any cutesy name.
  - dghlsakjg 3y ago
    You’re right, center stage is not the name of the feature. The feature does exist though, I believe it is called Eye Contact. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/25/how-to-use-facetime-eye-contact-in-ios-14 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/25/how-to-use-faceti...
throwaway2037 3y ago
I heard a rumor that Apple FaceTime does something similar, but I could not find any definitive evidence of it. Does anyone know more about it?

jurynulifcation 3y ago

why wouldn't a cheater just pipe a generative audio model through a small earbud? like that one villain from season 3 of westworld

dylan604 3y ago

Just shrink the width of the text area being read from. It's really easy to not look like you are sitting in the front row of the theater reading the opening text in Star Wars. If an actor on live TV can do it, you can too